Treasure Hunt: Tycoon's Priceless Runaway Wife-Chapter 625 - 623 I Will Be Like You (Second Update)
Da Bao rolled over quickly, resting his head on Le Tong’s lap and looking up at her.
"Mommy, do you get jealous?"
Le Tong patted his face, "Don’t listen to your old dad’s instigations. Am I as petty as him? Getting jealous of my own kid!"
Ji Rui looked very innocent, "When did I ever get jealous of the kids?", he said, stuffing a bunch of grapes into Le Tong’s hand.
Da Bao glanced at the grapes in Mommy’s hand and, before Le Tong could speak, chimed in, "Daddy, you still get jealous of us a lot! Like now, you’re jealous too!"
"I’m not!"
Ji Rui kept a straight face, though now even when he tried to act stern, it couldn’t scare the kids, especially Da Bao, who wasn’t intimidated at all.
Because all the kids knew that Mommy was the boss at home, and there’s nothing to fear from making Daddy angry, as long as Mommy has their back.
"And you say you’re not! Mommy peels grapes for Little Treasure and Nuonuo because they’re still young and don’t know how to peel or pit them. You’re already quite old, can’t you do it yourself?"
Da Bao’s sharp tongue was especially unforgiving when dealing with his dad.
Le Tong lowered her head to hold back her laughter, pretending to be seriously peeling the grapes.
Ji Rui lightly slapped Da Bao on the head, "You little rascal, I’m quite old, but are you just two or three years old? Little Treasure and Nuonuo can’t peel and pit them, you’re ten years old, can’t you do it either?"
Da Bao blinked, "No matter how old I get, in Mommy’s eyes, I’m always her baby, right, Mommy?"
As Da Bao said this, he seemed to purposely tease Ji Rui, deliberately leaned over to kiss Le Tong on the cheek.
Ji Rui was so irritated by Da Bao that he almost spat blood. Le Tong, laughing and trembling, handed him a few peeled grapes. "Alright, don’t be mad, you’re quite old to be getting worked up."
Ji Rui rolled his eyes at her, "Yes, I’m quite old, so I don’t need anyone to pamper and love me, is that it? This little rascal is even wiser than me; does he need you to pamper and protect him?"
Le Tong watched the father and son looking like they were really about to fight and was too lazy to be the peacemaker, so she helped Da Bao up, kissed both father and son on the face, stood up, and patted the grass off her pants.
"I’m going to check on Little Treasure and Nuonuo, you two take your time chatting!"
Le Tong knew these two so well that as long as she was there, their quarrel would only escalate. On the contrary, as long as she withdrew from the war, they’d quickly reconcile and focus on other things.
Ji Rui watched Le Tong walk away slowly before turning his gaze back to Da Bao.
"Was everything your Mommy said just now true?"
While speaking, Ji Rui inspected his eldest son seriously. This boy was only ten, but the aura in his brows and his dignified and polite demeanor sometimes left people with the illusion that he was an adult, not a child.
"What do you mean?" Da Bao tossed a peeled grape into his mouth, unsure of which matter his dad was referring to.
"The part about someone liking you."
Ji Rui had long known his son was precocious, but he never thought a ten-year-old would already face matters of gender relationships.
It seemed he, as a dad, should find some time to give his son a lesson on adult knowledge.
"Yeah, it’s true!"
Da Bao answered straightforwardly, not thinking there was any need to hide such things from his parents.
Ji Rui felt a slight headache coming on, thought for a moment, and then asked.
"Do you also have a girl you like?"
Da Bao raised his eyelids and glared at Ji Rui, "How could I?"
"Hmm?!" Ji Rui didn’t quite understand what his son meant.
"Daddy, when did you start to like Mommy?"
Da Bao wasn’t in a hurry to explain, because he also had many things he was curious about in his heart.
Ji Rui paused for a moment. To say he fell for Le Tong, that was when he was thirty. As for the secret of Da Bao’s birth, it was impossible to let Da Bao know.
"It was around the time you came along," Ji Rui replied vaguely.
Da Bao scoffed, "So it was a shotgun wedding, huh? Daddy, you were too irresponsible!"
Even though Da Bao said that, in his heart, he had always believed his parents had a wonderful relationship, and of course, he himself was the product of their love.
"I wasn’t irresponsible!" Ji Rui could never lay the truth in front of his son, but he was even more unwilling to let his son think he was some kind of playboy who messed with relationships and abandoned women.
"I know... Anyway, you must have done something to break Mommy’s heart, which is why she ignored you! Forget it, since you’ve won her back, I won’t dwell on it."
Da Bao was a smart kid, never attempting to delve into the truth of the days his parents were apart; he just vaguely knew those years were a minefield, stepping anywhere might lead to an explosion.
Knowing it was a minefield, he carefully avoided it. In his view, cherishing what he had now was the most practical thing.
Ji Rui secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Does this have anything to do with whether you have a girl you like?"
Da Bao nodded, "Of course it does! If you calculate, you became a dad at twenty-five, right? That means you didn’t fall for Mommy until you were twenty-five. I think I’ll be like you, and not find someone I like until my twenties too."
Da Bao spoke earnestly, like he was very sure he wouldn’t fall for anyone before twenty-five.
Ji Rui felt his son was really mature, his perceptions and thoughts were just like an adult, but upon hearing his last words, he couldn’t help but burst out laughing.
"Silly boy, things like this can’t be predicted."
Da Bao didn’t mind being the subject of his dad’s humor, still earnestly saying, "Daddy, I’m still young, so there’s no rush. I want to be like Daddy, waiting until I have enough ability to protect the one I like before confessing to her."
Ji Rui, seeing him speak so seriously, even thought his boy had a crush on someone.
"Baby, do you mean you already have someone you like, but think you should wait until you can protect her before confessing?"
Ji Rui, although thinking his son’s idea was too idealistic, generally agreed it was correct. If his son continued to discipline himself with this idea, Le Tong and he, as parents, would be relieved.
Da Bao disdainfully rolled his eyes at Ji Rui again, "How could that be? I’m still young, there’s no way I’d have someone I like. What I mean is, if I meet someone I like in the future, I should be like Daddy, wait until I can protect her, then tell her I like her!"
Ji Rui finally understood. So it turned out Da Bao always thought those blank years he and Le Tong had were because he couldn’t protect her, and that’s why she temporarily left.
Although the truth was different, it seemed having his son think this way wasn’t bad at all!
